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From A. d. Bonheimer, 26 Hanover street.
Baltimore, 1 dozen suspendcrs; from NJ l. Elang-
err &c Hanover street. Baltimore, dozen sleeve
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INIUNgH d. bUtf, tSY.
From Messrs. Naumberr. Kraus, Laner & Co,
New York, So from John A. Griffith & Co Bati-
more 50, and from s. Stein X GO, en- York,
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Through J. C. Elbmn, rsq
From F. Sutton s. Co., 120 S. Front ST., Phila-
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KiIled by her Daughter.

LAWRENCE, Kan, Aug. 9.-On last Satur
day Mrs. Mary Rawlips, aged II years,
arrived in oswego from Augusta, Kan, in.
tending to reside with her daughter, Mrs
Harvey Willis. After day or two the old
lady quarrelled with her daughter, who
wanted TO obtain her mothers money,
of which she possessed q considerable
amount. Monday morning the two women
had disgraceful quarrel, in which Mrs.
Willis grabbed her mother by the hair,
threw her violently to the floor and beat
aud kicked her until she became uncon-
cious. The injured woman died while dictat-
ing will to exclude her uDnatural daugh
ter from receiving any of her property. Mrs.
Willis has been arrested.
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the "Black Rocks" from which the place is
named. To reach this wonderful place you
take path east to the top of the ridge and
then follow the ridge Immediately on top for
one and a. helf miles over u sell beaten road,
when suddenly you come to the grandest
sight to be seen in these mountains The
pen cannot portray the grandeur of an i'm
mense upheavel of rock, acre upon acre,
covered by a fungus growth resembling
black moss. The rocks are of all sizes and
shapes, from six inches square TO the size of
o large house, with cracks and seams through
them mostly at right angles, which forms
them into almost perfect squares and oblong
squares. Here we would say is natures
quarry from which rock enough might be
gotten to supply the country for ages 10
come The spectator is completely Devil
dered By the vast amount of rock, which
seems to have been thrown together by some
mighty urheaval, in promiscuous confusion
and like the beauties of Weyer's cave must
be seen to be appreciated. The amuss-
ments here consists of cards, dancing, &c ,
and there is so much Of congenial sociability
here that it seems like large, happy family,
and more real enjoyment can be had here
than ut some of the moro fashionable re.
sorts. "SCRIPToR.
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NEWS OF THE BAY.

President Cleveland has been invited to
visit Baltimore on the 18th of September.
Sam Jones gets five hundred dollars for
Que weeks work at a New York camp meet
ing.
Horace Abbott died at his country seat,
in Baltimore county, yesterday, aged eighty
one years. About eight years ago he was
stricken with paralysis which disabled him
for active business, and since then he had
lived in retirement.
A summons for perjury has been issued in
London against Policeman Endacott, at the
instance Of Miss Cass, who was arrested by
him on the charge of being an improper
character. Counsel for the defendant hints
that the case will develop sensational rev.
Citations.
The strike of the employees of the Midland
Railway in England is colapsing. The
Birmingham enginemen have resumed
work. The company announces that it has
obtained a full complement OF drivers and
firemen to ill the vacancies caused by the
strike. Traffic everywhere along the line is
being resumed.
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ELECTRICITY AS A STREET CAR MOTOR
A satisfactory test OF q surface car operated
by electricity has been made in Philadel-
phia. The car was supplied with eighty
four storage batteries placed beneath the
seats, which furnished electricity 10 the
Sprague motor geared to the axle of the
front wheels. The car was run about ex.
perimentally, after which, it was run out on
to the tracks of the Union line and switch
ed to the tracks Of the Spruce and Pine
streets line. A round trip was made, the
car, when the track was clear for any con.
distance, attaining o speed of eight
miles an hour. At times the car was COM
petely filled, and it was considered that
thoroughly practical test was given it. All
the sharp curves were rounded satisfacto-
rily. At all times the car was under abso.
lutte control. The man in charge can, by
the device at his hand, readily etop, start
and back the car, as we'll as regulate its
speed. An electric bell is sounded as q
warning signal. By means of push buttons
the conductor can signal the driver to step
or start. 1t is estimated that the cost OF
running the electric cars is from two thirds
to three-fourths the cost of horse power. A
car OF the kind is running regularly in Lon
don and another in Berlin.
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A CHARGE OF AssAULT.-Constablc Scott, of
Berlin Nd Sunday night took to the county jail
at Snow Hill George Bodloy, whom he had arrest
cd charged with committing an assault upon
Miss Bradford. daughter of Mr.. John Bradford,
who lives between Snow Hill and Berlin. Bodlcy
attended picnic on Saturday last, whore he met
tho young lady and proposed to take her to an
other picnic, near Whites store. To this she con-
sented. Instead of going to that place, he took
her to colorcd camp meeting, where they stayed
until late Upon returning, Bodley drove out of
his route and pretended to be lost in the woods.
Monday morning Miss Bradford's friends becom-
ing alarmed by her absence, started to search for
her. Abont two o'clock two young men heard
cries of the young lady in tho woods begging to be
let alone. and entreating Bodley to take her home.
They hurried to the place and at once rescued the
girl, and administered q terrible beating to Bod
ley and left him. Officer Scott in the meantime
had heard of the case, and stan ted in pursuit. Hc
found Bodley at tho depot in Berlin, about to
take the train, and arrested him. Bodley is bad
~ battered up from the beating he received at the
hands of the young men, Miss Bradford is
highly respectable young lady, and her friends
are greatly inccnsed at the outrage.
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A Sea E9OnrOr.

ALBUQUERQUE, n NJ, Aug. "a No.
gales special to the Democrat says The
sloop Sarah, is tons register, owned ard
commanded by Abraham Bajarim, left AIu
LILO July %, loaded with 20 tons of tau
bark consigned to Selender & Vandeiter
The vessel had on board the captain, Isis
wife and children and niece, and Supetia
tendeut Hale, of tho Baltimore Copper Mil
ut Santa Rosa, and crew of five men
While between San Pedro and MARTINEZ, in
California, the vessel was struck by heavy
surf and capsized All on board persisted
excepting the captain and four sailors, who
saved themselves by climbing on the bottom
of the sloop. On July so two of the sailor,
becams crazy and said they were Sone
ashore, and Immediately plunged overheard.
They had no sooner struck the water than
sharks deyourea them. The captain, ore
sailor and small boy remained Oh The bot
tom of the vessel for eight days, sustaining
life by catching turtles that would CONS
near and sucking the blood. They were
rescued in most pitiable condition BY the
sloon Refugee.
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RUssIA's NEW GUN.BoAT.-A new gun.
beat built for the Russian government at
Copenhagen has arrived at Cronstadt, and
has baen visited and inspected by the Car
himself, who crossed over in his yacht from
PeterhoG,, the present domici!e of the Impe
rial family. The vessel, which has been
named the Manchuria, has been constructed
of steel, at cost of f55,000. The following
are the principal dimensions Length. 90
feet beam, 35 feet; displacement, 1900
tons; draught fore, without artillery and
war material, 10 feet inches aft, 10 feet Z
inches. The boat has two engines, with an
indicated power Of 1000 horse power each
They can without any particular strain de.
velop speed of more than Is knots. The
armament of the Manchu,ia will consist of 9
s inch lopg.raDge gnns in The stern, G Ho:ch-
kiss, Baranovsky and 9-pounder guns
The bottom of the boat is divided into ~
water tight compartments, and the hold is
amply protected by II air tight partitions.
Moreover, an apparatus for ejecting White
head torpedoes will be placed in the vessel's
how. The average speed attained during
the run from Copenhagen to Cronstadt was
III knots. The new gunbont is destined for
service in the Pacific Ocean.-&. Petersburg
letter TO London Times.
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Attempt 10 WRECK 8: Train.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug, An attempt
was made yesterday to wreck the east
bound train on the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific road, near Iowa City. The plot
seems to have.been to precipitate the train
into the Iowa river. As the latter approached
the long bridge over The stream, the en-
gineer observed displacement of the rail
on the right side few lengths west Of the
bridge and managed 10 bring the train TO a
full stop before reaching the structure. On
investigation it was found that spikes had
been pulled from three rails, which would
have been sufficient TO throw The train into
the river,
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Forest and Prairie Fires.

ST. IGNACE, Mich, Aug. 9.-This city is
in imminent danger of being consumed by
fire. About two miles west of the city a
terrible forest fire is raging and to make
matters worse G westerly gale is blowing.
The fire department is out in force.
GAND HAVEN, Mich, Aug. 9.-Heayy
forest fires have been raging throughout
, this section for the past two weeks doing
considerable damage The fire department
was called out to fight the fire in an adjoining
forest south of the city, back of Lake Forest
Cemetery. About l 400 acres burned in
that vicinity and the fire encroached upon
the cemetery where it burned tho grass oil
from about 80 lots, badly damaging tomb
stones, etc. The fire is now under control
south of here, but it is raging fisrcely to the
southeast of the city.
CARLISLE, ILL.,, Aug. 9.-Prairie Gres have
been of frequent occurrence in this vicinity
during the past two weeks and the loss will!
aggregate thousands of dollars. A farmer
living alongside the Ohio and Mississippi
railway had about 80 tons of timothy burn
ed off his meadow. 1t was supposed to have
been set on fire by locomotive spark. He
has filed complaint against the company for
heavy damages.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Aug. 9--The ex.
tended drought. has made everything in.
flammable and frequent fires is the result.
A large area of whortleberry marsh east of
the town has been on fire for several days,
doing much damage. All the farmers in the
vicinity are fighting the flames to save their
houses, wheat stacks etc.
CEDAR SPRING, Mich, Aug. 9.-Fires con
tinue to spread and large parties are out
fighting the flames. No rain has fallen
since the middle of June. The fires are
very bad around Burche'5 Mill.
CHEBoYGAN, Mich, Aug. 9-Forest fires
are again raging in.this section and are de
stroying much valuable pine and standing
timber in this county and burning fences
and barns. Farmers are fighting the fires
to save their homes and stock A heavy
smoke hangs over the village.
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Died from His Injuries.

GALVESTON, Tex, Aug. GA special dis
patch to the Ne,cs says "Alex. Walker, the
colored prohibition speaker who was set
upon and badly beaten and mangled by
being thrown againsta wire fence soon after
he had made speech at Prairie Grove near
Webbervile, in this county last week, died
on Sunday from the effects OF his injuries.
His friends claim that he was beaten by
anti. prohibitionists, but it is known who
his assaiIants Were."
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

The prosecution rested and the defense
opened in the Langston murder case at Pc
tersburg yesterday.
Mr.. Maurice Moore. wealthy retired to.
bacco manufacturer of Lynchburg, died at
an early hour Sunday morning.
Sergeant DAILY left Lynchburg yesterday
evening with eight more colored prisoners
implicated in the Lexington riot on Au.
gust l..
Holmes r. Puryear, who is to be hanged
at Prince George Court House on next Fri
day for the murder of his wife, was visited
Sunday and again yesterday by his mother
and sister, who remained with him until late
in the evening. The meeting between the
prisoner and his mother and sister was very
affecting. AS the day approaches for his
execution Puryear becomes evidently more
and more impressed with the horror of his
fate, but yet remains comparatively cheer
full.
The republican State committee will meet
in Petersburg to-nigh to decide upon the pol
icy TO be pursued by the party in the com.
ing campaign. 1t is not beloved that any
convention will be called. 1t is probable
that sub. committee will bo appointed to
prepare an address to the voters ofthe State.
The fight will be made principally upon ma
lional questions The chief of these will
probably be the failure of the democrats to
abolish the internal revenue law and Blair
educational bill. Hon. John S. Wise and
some of the young leaders who have follow
ed Malone in other campaigns will be with
him again this year, and it is understood that
Malone will himself take part in the mp
preaching canvass,
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Tl,e Volunteer Wins.

MARBLEHEAD, Mass, Aug. 9.-The Vol
unteer crossed tho finish line at 40 this
morning, winner of the $500 cup in the
Zoe mile race from Martha's Vineyard to
Marblohead, beating the May flower tho
second to arrive, three hours and a half.
When the Volunteer crossed the line, with
scarcely wind enough to give her Roadway
her rivals wero fully six miles astern. This
result shows the splendid work of the new
sloop in light winds, while her windwerd
sailing yesterday proves her to be withouta
rival in stiff breeze
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Collisions.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug. "a coils
ion occurred one mile from this city be-
tween switch engine and passenger train
Of the East Tennessee Railroad yesterday.
John Burgess, the passenger engineer, saw
the engine coming, but the airbrakes were
defective and the speed of the train could
not be essened before the collision occurred.
Burgess and VIM. Bradon, his fireman, were
fatally injured while attempting to leap
from the train. The cars were piled upon
the track, and the escape of the passengers
with their lives is miraculous. Many, how
ever, were hurt. Some may die Of their
wounds
BoRDENTowN, N. j., Aug GA collision
between two freight trains on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad occurred near here this
morning George T. Powell, fireman, was
killed and brakeman named Barker seri.
ously wounded Hundreds of people gath
cred at the scene Of the accident, and it was
considered miraculous that any one on the
trains escaped alive, rs both trains are COM
pleteiy wrecked The wreck will not be
cleared up before night. 1t is not known
who is responsible for the accident.
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try.

SoMG PEOPLE in the North who Guy moth
ing abou. he exclusion of coored people
from AS ury Park and Other susomer resorts
and hotels in the North, and from the art
schooisin that section, aro terribly excited be-
cause one house Of the Georgia legislature has
passed Hill making it a punishable olense
to have mixed schools in that state Aud
vat thase very newspapers, if edited by H.
telligent men, must know that mixed
schools in ihe South, where the negroes IN
some States equal md in others exceed
the whites in numher, would nat
urally. aud therefore neca sarily, des-
troy the FREQ education Of both white and
colore1 children there. II mixed churches
the congl egations of which are composed oil
grown people, cannot exist either in the
the North or South, how can it be possible
for mixed schools to exist in The latter sec
ton?
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Letter from BIncl. Rock Springs.

Correspondence of tho Alexandria GAzErTEl.
BLACK Rock SPRINGS, Aug. THE sea-
son at these Springs is fully opened, and q
number of visitors are now sojourning here.
This place is reached by hack from Harris.
ton, station on the S. V. r. r., it being
six miles drive over moderately good
mountain road. The "Horse Head" rock,
ON the road here is quite romantic looking
cliff. After passing it you see "Trafoot,"
another of Black Rocks curiosties. The
grounds are situated on the side of the
mountains, and the buildings form an OBJ.
long Circle with the hotel at the west end
and springs at the east end. The improve
ments since last season consist partly in
twenty new cottages, and new fountain
building in the centre of the lot, to which
the water is piped. The mountains literally
surround this place, and the scenery is
grand from any point of the grounds. A
number of visitors own lots around the cir
cle upon which new cottages are being rap
idly constructed.
The hotel, run by w. P. Mayo, of Char
lottesville, will accommodate fifty to seven
ty five visitors. There are now here about
$50 people. and number to arrive this
week. Among the visitors now here are NJ.
P. Finkhouser and family, of Staunton; 8.
d. McCommon and family, of Leroy; DR..
Kemper and family. of Port Republic; j. R.
Kemper ard family, of Fishersville; Miss
Annie Strayer and brother, of Lynwood;
Mr.. Theo. Coiner and family, Miss Cricken-
berger, Tolarious Coiner's family, S. G.
Stout and family, of New Hope; D. Beard,
w. S. Beard and family, NJ Patterson and
family, c. D. Fishburne and family. and
Raw. Mr.. Petrie, of Charlottesville; Mr.. G..
5. Patterson, President of Black Rock
Springs, and family. Mrs. c. Eakle and Miss
Spiller, of Staunton; Mr.. Wampler and FAM
lily, MIR. Hanger and family and MIR Helm,
Of Galveston, Tex; Mr. Geo. McC Craig
and wife, of Florida; Mr.. Early, of Abe.
marie; Mr.. Brooking, of Madison; Mr.. Glib.
son, OF Charlottesville; Mrs. B. g. Craig, of
Mt. Meridian, and number of others.
The water is iron and arsenic furnished
~ two distinct streams, and is thought |!
o be as fine as any in the State. One of j
he grandest curiosities to be seen here are
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cnactc6.

THE VIRGINIA democracy is sadly IN need
of revision. In its present condition GeneF
al Malone could once more take command
of the party without doing the slightest v,o
lence to its principles and policy.-fn'fd.
Record
This is only fair sample of the way in
which the democrats of the country ut large
ore now talking about those Of Virginia
How different would it have been if the Ro-
anoke convention had declared ior The
speedy and honorable settlement OF tn"
State debt, for low tariff on the necesssIies
of life, for high license and the continuance
of the tax on Iiqnor, and for the abo'i''on OF
those civiis ervice rules-pot tina law III" pos-
ing scaool masters' examinations and age
restrictions upon all applicants Tor office
suhiec; 10 those ,ules? Such d"c'ere-'on
would have inspired the Virginia democrats
with hope and enthusiasm and won 10:
them the countenance aud support of the
democratic party throughout the coun'
try
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ALEX A.NDRIA-.
TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 8.

AS CONGRESS has passed law prohibit
ing tho adulteration of butter, it certainly
has mn equal right to pass ono pronloi"ns
the adulteraton of liquors; and that 1t
sbon,a do SO is demanded alike by the
health as we'll as the morals, of the people
of the country. Adulterated butter may
not be wholesome; but it docs not make
people so deathly sick and Frustrated that
thew have almost of necessity to re-
sort to it again, as they do to liquor
to enable them to bold up their heads
nor does it nname Thorn to the COM
mission of all sorts of crime, from
petty theft up to murder and suicide. Inc
deleteiioue effect of bad liquor is SO well
known that in liquor drinking communities
it is common saying that rowdy Will De-
come a gentleman by the regular use OF
good brandy, but that gentleman Will be-
come rowdy by the constant use OF bAd
whskey. Effective laws against tho manu-
fac,ure Of adullerated liquor, and high
license upon the sale Of that which Is pure,
would do more for tho temperance cause
than all the prohibitory and local option
laws Tint ever were and that ever can be
enacted
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MR.. BARBOUR FOR THE SENATE.-The
feeling Of the State convention for Mr.. Bar
bour was one of the greatest respect and af-
lection, and was shown in many ways dur.
ing the session of the convention. The idea
of sending any other democrat to the United
States Senate to take The place of Malone
never semed to enter the mind of single
man in the convention. If ever a worthy
leader had the entire confidence Of his party
Mr. Barbour is certainly the man. Under
his direction, and with such followers as
were represented by the convention failure
is simply impossible. "-Roanoke Times.
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THE CHANCES OF L1FE.-Nine hundred
and ninety persons in 1000 would say that
a baby in the cradle would be likely to live
longer thah man of 65, but statisticans
prove indisputably that 500 in every 1000
infants die before the age of S years is re-
corded, while out of 1000 healthy men at
the age OF Go, more than 500 of them will be
alive in FIVE. aye in ten years. or even a Ion.
ger time. So it will be seen that man of
65 may be considered younger than an infant,
as far as his chances of future life are con.
cerned. Chicago NeUs.
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WHAT THE Virginia farmers want is not
the removal of the tax on the whiskey they
may choose to drink, but that on the sugar,
salt and medicine they are compelled to con-
sumo, and on the clothing they are compel
ed to wear, and that on the railroad iron on
which their produce has to be carried to
market, and the tarifrofS17 ton on which is
paid by the railroad companies by increased
freight charges on the ill-pad farmers pro-
ducts
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THE SALVATION ARMY's HEART.-Near-
ly all the women of the Salvation Army
have a heart worked in Iudia ink upon the
right shoulder. In case any one of them is
taken sick or dies away from home, or in a
foreign country, the sign of the heart will
enttIe her to care or suitable burial at the
expense OF the entire organization, no mat
ter whether she is or is not member in
good standing of the Salvation Army
Mt the time of sickness or demise Chicago
No,ce
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MR.. GEORGE. alarmed by tho threatened
loss of the sociAlistio, the larger, element oil
his party, who only carry his i'ioa to lis leg,
ical aud legitimate conclusion, aud don't
stop at his halfway house, has moderated
considerably 10 bis once proper condemna
ton of them, and now says: I'VE are not
altogether individualislic- nor are we alto
gether sociaistic. There is a line where the
two theories or systems unite and where
each is iu it's proper place" But this wont
satisfy the socialists. They not only want
land common property, but everything else
also. Their ideas are infinitely more rea'
sonable han those of Mr.. George.